Help me out here

[glenaitken]

Some wierd stuff has been happening lately and I wanted feedback if this makes sense at all to you. My wife and I are devout and practicing, etc. Over the past three weeks a few things have happened at home that I wouldn’t consider too strange except for the frequency. In each instance, we felt no evil presence, and no Divine presence to speak of (except we immediately thought of God), and there are no possible natural explainations for them. here’s a list: when i was in bed for the night, my arm was tapped twice and hard enough to make me jump out of bed thinking that someome was in my house; a penny materialized and fell two feet away from my wife when she was standing in our living room one morning (everyone else was asleep), a drop of water fell on my face from nowhere in our friend’s living room (again, I ruled out a ceiling leak or spit- it was strange); an electric ladybug toy came on by itself (my wife often gets ladybugs from God when she prays for something, but we haven’t been praying for signs or anything lately).
This has been in a period of two and a half weeks. Normally, stuff like this also is accompanied by some feeling or presence of either heaven or hell to help discern, but these are all very nuetral. I don’t think it’s ghosts or demons or anything, i tend to lean toward it coming from God.
Here’s the answers to the following questions usually asked: yes, the house has been blessed/ no, we don’t have anything evil in the house/ yes we are both practicing Catholics in good standing with the Church/ no, we have not made pacts with spirits (ouiji boards etc.)/ no, we have not been praying for signs from God
Anybody heard of this kind of thing before? even the specific phenomena?

 

[Michael1985]

My advice would be to talk to a priest. You may need to give more detail than can be given on this forum.

But no I’ve never heard of what you are describing.

 

[MtnDwellar]

Anybody heard of this kind of thing before? even the specific phenomena?

I have experienced the specific phenomena - even to a greater extent, ie I have collected about $1 worth of pennies, etc.

I will guess that you want to know what is causing it. Right? LOL Of course you do!

I wish that I could tell you. The spirit world is vast and complex. It is more vast anyone will ever realize. The members of the forum will advise you to say particular prayers, incorporate certain sacramentals, consult priests or exorcists, and to exam yourself and try to improve your relationship with God and Jesus Christ. It is all good.

 

[Binary]

Based on your description, I would say you’re dealing with a classic case of something I’ve never heard of before.

 

[beckycmarie]

Hi Glen,

Sometimes with these kinds of things, it takes time to discern the source. If the activity goes from rather benign to more malicious things, or the activity is accompanied by a sense of fear, anxiety, depression, or a general sense of evil, then you know it’s not from God.

Often demons act up when people do things to invite them in, but there are times when people get on Satan’s radar for conversion or doing good works. Have you or your wife taken on something new that is a threat to Satan? If so, the activity might be an attempt to frighten or discourage you. Of course, just being a faithful Catholic is a threat to Satan’s kingdom; you can get on the radar just for striving for holiness.

I would watch and pray. Demonic activity tends to start off mild and get worse over time, and tends to weaken with prayer. One prayer in particular that I recommend is the Hedge Prayer for Protection of Household. Knowing a little about your background based on previous postings, if this is a demonic annoyance, I don’t think it’ll take long for you to be rid of it.

 

[glenaitken]

Based on your description, I would say you’re dealing with a classic case of something I’ve never heard of before.

THat’s pretty funny!
THanks Beckymarie, that’s the same advice i would have given (so of course its great advice) Ihaven’t been online for a few months and it’s nice to hear from you:thumbsup:
The part that confuses me is that normally demonic presence or angelic presence has a sort of felling to it- these are just things that are happening. maybe human souls? purgatory? I’ve been looking for the escalation that demonic phenomena would bring, but we’ve got nothing. even temptations are down for the most part. it doesn’t seem demonic and it doesn’t seem angelic or divine (unless you count God as the one who allows it to happen).
mntdweller- since you’ve seen the penny thing before (not just finding pennies in strange places, but this thing literally fell from nowhere to the ground) what ever came of it? what’s that all about?

 

[MtnDwellar]

mntdweller- since you’ve seen the penny thing before (not just finding pennies in strange places, but this thing literally fell from nowhere to the ground) what ever came of it? what’s that all about?

I have seen the pennies and the other things that you mentioned. I am actually intrigued by you, because I haven’t met too many others who have had the same experiences. Mine occurred over a period of three years.

Things got very strange. I posted a thread on the forum asking for help. One of the members thought that I was making things up and trying to play a joke on the forum. My thread was deleted by the administrator and I was suspended.

Do not be guided by your feelings, or lack of them. Most of us do not have a keen ability to sense things outside of the physical world. I am a math and science guy. I truly wanted to understand how it is possible to defy the laws of conventional physics. Matter and energy can neither be created nor destroyed. Apparently, our laws do not apply in all circumstances. It is not the work of a trivial spirit.

I was walking around saying things like, “Pennies from heaven”. They were not from heaven.

 

[beckycmarie]

THat’s pretty funny!
THanks Beckymarie, that’s the same advice i would have given (so of course its great advice) Ihaven’t been online for a few months and it’s nice to hear from you:thumbsup:
The part that confuses me is that normally demonic presence or angelic presence has a sort of felling to it- these are just things that are happening. maybe human souls? purgatory? I’ve been looking for the escalation that demonic phenomena would bring, but we’ve got nothing. even temptations are down for the most part. it doesn’t seem demonic and it doesn’t seem angelic or divine (unless you count God as the one who allows it to happen).
mntdweller- since you’ve seen the penny thing before (not just finding pennies in strange places, but this thing literally fell from nowhere to the ground) what ever came of it? what’s that all about?

Glen, one other thing that comes to mind is the possibility of a demonic deception to lure you into thinking it’s a human soul. I’ve been in contact with someone who is having major problems after a cell phone recorded out of thin air a beloved, but passed away, relative’s voice. The person began seeking these recordings and received all sorts of “nice” messages. Then suddenly the messages turned nasty and frightening things started happening all over the house. Essentially a demon lured an otherwise good Catholic into necromancy, and then once the bait was taken, the demon had the grounds to attack. Demons attached to occult activity can be very hard to get rid of.

Perhaps the ladybug thing was from God and separate from this other activity. Or, perhaps the demons know about the ladybug thing and are using it to confuse both of you (which sounds like something they would do, nasty things).

If it is a human soul, then just praying for the soul is enough. Perhaps even have a Mass said for an unknown soul in Purgatory. Don’t try to figure out what “message” it might be trying to send. I would do some spiritual warfare prayers and rebuking prayers (see the Spiritual Warfare Prayer Catalog) and see if this activity diminishes.

I just don’t get the sense that this is from God. To send disturbing activity that confuses the receiver just doesn’t seem like His style. I think it’s more likely this is some kind of a demonic trick intended to lure you into sin so the demon has grounds for a bigger attack. Best to say prayers against it and otherwise ignore it.

 

[glenaitken]

beckymarie,
that’s my plan too. i’ll let you know if it gets worse or goes away. my guess is that it will run out its course soon. thanks!

 

[Lief_Erikson]

"Binary:

Based on your description, I would say you’re dealing with a classic case of something I’ve never heard of before.

That’s hilarious .

I just don’t get the sense that this is from God. To send disturbing activity that confuses the receiver just doesn’t seem like His style. I think it’s more likely this is some kind of a demonic trick intended to lure you into sin so the demon has grounds for a bigger attack. Best to say prayers against it and otherwise ignore it.

I agree.

This certainly sounds bizarre. I wonder if it could be an enemy reaction to your research on demonology, just trying to confuse you or mess with you for some other reason connected with that.

 

[CB_Catholic]

When I read your post, a very creepy and fearful feeling came over me, and I am sitting here, praying to St. Michael the Archangel because it is so intense. That is not something that usually happens to me. I’m pretty much of a hardhead when it comes to this type of thing, and have no psychic abilities whatsoever (which is fine with me). And others have realted experiences that are far more horrifying than what you are experiencing. But your post struck a nerve somewhere. Now I am beginning to wonder if you aren’t dealing with something very, very evil, crazy as that might sound. This is a computer, after all, I don’t even know you, and I cannot imagine why I would have such a strange reaction.